Journals / İnsan ve Toplum / 2023 / Cilt: 13 Sayı: 4

How the Demos [Public] Regulate the Kratos [Administration] Through Repeated Elections: Lessons Learned from the Elections in Türkiye for the Government and Opposition

Ahmet Keser(HASAN KALYONCU ÜNİVERSİTESİ)0000-0002-1064-7807
Burak Kılıç(HASAN KALYONCU ÜNİVERSİTESİ)0000-0001-9147-0144
Cuma Ali Özbek(HASAN KALYONCU ÜNİVERSİTESİ)0000-0003-0587-3751
Pages
66–93
Publication Date
2023-12-18
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According to the results of the content analysis, the study found within the frame of the investigated period the SEC to have annulled a total of five elections, four of which had been local and one that had been a parliamentary election, and the most frequent reason for repeating the elections to have been due to restricted or ineligible voters voting, which occurred for four separate elections.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Objections to the results of conducted elections and repeated elections are a significant issue.
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Key Findings & Data:According to the results of the content analysis, the study found within the frame of the investigated period the SEC to have annulled a total of five elections, four of which had been local and one that had been a parliamentary election, and the most frequent reason for repeating the elections to have been due to restricted or ineligible voters voting, which occurred for four separate elections.
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Conclusion & Impact:Lessons exist for the government and opposition parties to learn from these annulled and repeated elections, with repeated elections generally resulting in an unfavorable outcome for the contesting party.
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⚙️Variables:Elections · Supreme Election Council · annulled elections

Abstract

Objections to the results of conducted elections and repeated elections are a significant issue. The aim of this study is to investigate repeated elections and the reasons for canceling them through the decisions of Türkiye’s Supreme Election Council (SEC) since its establishment and to examine the results of repeated elections to reveal which side benefits from this. According to the results of the content analysis, the study found within the frame of the investigated period the SEC to have annulled a total of five elections, four of which had been local and one that had been a parliamentary election, and the most frequent reason for repeating the elections to have been due to restricted or ineligible voters voting, which occurred for four separate elections. Lessons exist for the government and opposition parties to learn from these annulled and repeated elections, with repeated elections generally resulting in an unfavorable outcome for the contesting party.

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Objections to the results of conducted elections and repeated elections are a significant issue. The aim of this study is to investigate repeated elections and the reasons for canceling them through the decisions of Türkiye’s Supreme Election Council (SEC) since its establishment and to examine the results of repeated elections to reveal which side benefits from this. According to the results of the content analysis, the study found within the frame of the investigated period the SEC to have annulled a total of five elections, four of which had been local and one that had been a parliamentary election, and the most frequent reason for repeating the elections to have been due to restricted or ineligible voters voting, which occurred for four separate elections. Lessons exist for the government and opposition parties to learn from these annulled and repeated elections, with repeated elections generally resulting in an unfavorable outcome for the contesting party.

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Keser, A., Özbek, C. A. (2023). How the Demos [Public] Regulate the Kratos [Administration] Through Repeated Elections: Lessons Learned from the Elections in Türkiye for the Government and Opposition. İnsan ve Toplum, Cilt: 13 Sayı: 4, 66–93. https://doi.org/10.12658/M0704

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